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Reflecting on her historic gold medal campaign at London 2012, where she maintained her perfect Olympic record, Saori Yoshida explains that she has every intention of coming back for more at Rio 2016....

Russian wrestler Natalia Vorobieva looks back on her impressive gold medal win in the women’s 72kg category at London 2012. Natalia Vorobieva had two world junior 72kg titles under her belt by the t...

At London 2012, Pakistani swimmer Anum Bandey achieved her ambitious goal of trimming a whole three seconds off her country’s 400m medley record. In the latest instalment of our “Words of Olympians” s...

In the latest video interview in our “Words of Olympians” series, South African swimmer Chad Le Clos tells the story of how he pulled off one of the biggest sensations of London 2012, and indeed of an...

Following the trail blazed by his role model and compatriot Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos won two gold medals at Singapore 2010 before winning silver in the 400m final at London ...

Almost two years to the day from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (27 July 2012), a new report from the British Government shows that the Olympic Games continue to provide signifi...

Since the Youth Olympic flame was lit last month in Athens, Greece, the mascot NANJINGLELE has been globetrotting around the world with the Virtual Torch Relay. He made a stop last week in London, UK,...

London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has been fully opened to the public for the first time since the conclusion of the London 2012 Olympic Games, following the redevelopment of the south section of ...

London is still reaping the benefits of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park set to fully reopen to the public in April and recent figures revealing an increase in sports ...

Aged 19 in 1992, and 39 in 2012 when he walked into the Olympic Stadium in London, carrying the Bulgarian flag, leading his delegation at the Opening Ceremony, Iordan Iovchev is the gymnast of records...